I read today that most of Ukraine’s airfields were destroyed early in the war, and Russia thought that had grounded the airforce.
Instead they are operating from improvised runways on highways and roads. Planes are being kept in farmers barns with only one or two at any given location.
“Planes are being kept in farmers barns with only one or two at any given location.”
LOL, not much time in aviation I see...
In barns? They better not get caught using red dyed diesel.
Actually, Russia would have known better - they fly many of the same types and they knew that if the planes survived they could operate from improvised strips. Those aircraft were designed with that specific capability in mind.
The targets in the airfield strikes was not the actual airfield itself but the aircraft - in third party satellite pics of the airfields, it’s apparent that the Russian airstrikes were aimed at aircraft, hangars, revetments and parking areas and not the actual runways. The Russians have specialty runway denial and runway destruction munitions just as other major nations do and they didn’t use them.